{"674838":{"#nid":"674838","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"What is wind shear? An atmospheric scientist explains how it can tear down hurricanes","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EWeather forecasters talk about wind shear a lot during hurricane season, but what exactly is it?\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E Senior Academic Professional\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/handlos-dr-zachary\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EZachary Handlos\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E teaches meteorology in a part of the country that pays close attention to the Atlantic hurricane season. In this article, Handlos provides a quick look at wind shear, one of the key forces that can determine whether a storm will become a destructive hurricane. (This story also appeared at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/what-is-wind-shear-and-how-does-it-shape-hurricanes\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EScientific American\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/blog\/climate-change\/are-some-routes-more-prone-to-air-turbulence-will-climate-change-make-it-worse--96277\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDown to Earth\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.theweathernetwork.com\/en\/news\/science\/explainers\/what-is-wind-shear-how-it-can-tear-apart-a-hurricane-how-el-nino-la-nina-play-a-role\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Weather Network\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EWeather forecasters talk about wind shear a lot during hurricane season, but what exactly is it?\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E Senior Academic Professional\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/handlos-dr-zachary\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EZachary Handlos\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E teaches meteorology in a part of the country that pays close attention to the Atlantic hurricane season. In this article, Handlos provides a quick look at wind shear, one of the key forces that can determine whether a storm will become a destructive hurricane. (This story also appeared at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/what-is-wind-shear-and-how-does-it-shape-hurricanes\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EScientific American\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/blog\/climate-change\/are-some-routes-more-prone-to-air-turbulence-will-climate-change-make-it-worse--96277\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDown to Earth\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.theweathernetwork.com\/en\/news\/science\/explainers\/what-is-wind-shear-how-it-can-tear-apart-a-hurricane-how-el-nino-la-nina-play-a-role\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Weather Network\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2024-05-21 18:23:37","changed_gmt":"2024-05-29 13:36:19","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"The Conversation ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/what-is-wind-shear-an-atmospheric-scientist-explains-how-it-can-tear-down-hurricanes-213527","dateline":{"date":"2024-05-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-05-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"189478","name":"Atlantic hurricane season"},{"id":"193738","name":"wind shear"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}